The effect of swimming exercise on the diaphragm of the rat

Twelve adult male rats were used. Six rats were randomly selected to serve as control and six as exercised animals. The exercised rats underwent a swimming programme. Swimming exercise appeared to have little effect upon the cross sectional areas of type I and type II muscle fibres. The mean volume...

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Main Authors: M Čabrić, NT James
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2003-03-01
Series:Biology of Sport
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spelling doaj-b03f4ff148be40e396d1839b9624d9b82020-11-24T22:31:28ZengTermedia Publishing HouseBiology of Sport0860-021X2003-03-01203261268The effect of swimming exercise on the diaphragm of the ratM ČabrićNT JamesTwelve adult male rats were used. Six rats were randomly selected to serve as control and six as exercised animals. The exercised rats underwent a swimming programme. Swimming exercise appeared to have little effect upon the cross sectional areas of type I and type II muscle fibres. The mean volume of myonucles and the capillary length per unit volume of muscle was found to be significantly increased. http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=6693myonucleiCapillaryStereologyExerciseDiaphragm
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The effect of swimming exercise on the diaphragm of the rat
Biology of Sport
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Stereology
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Diaphragm
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title The effect of swimming exercise on the diaphragm of the rat
title_short The effect of swimming exercise on the diaphragm of the rat
title_full The effect of swimming exercise on the diaphragm of the rat
title_fullStr The effect of swimming exercise on the diaphragm of the rat
title_full_unstemmed The effect of swimming exercise on the diaphragm of the rat
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publisher Termedia Publishing House
series Biology of Sport
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publishDate 2003-03-01
description Twelve adult male rats were used. Six rats were randomly selected to serve as control and six as exercised animals. The exercised rats underwent a swimming programme. Swimming exercise appeared to have little effect upon the cross sectional areas of type I and type II muscle fibres. The mean volume of myonucles and the capillary length per unit volume of muscle was found to be significantly increased.
topic myonuclei
Capillary
Stereology
Exercise
Diaphragm
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